Messehallen 9-12, Dornbirn
...solutions, without functional restrictions. The proposed timber facades are constructed in spite of the seemingly complex form from standardised and simple elements. Structural Since the overall concept for the two large halls 9 and 11 provides for a neutral and...
SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
...high level of strength and rigidity. The flexural, compressive and tensile strength of the material is around three times that of conventional glued laminated timber. | Thanks to the high resistance to lateral pressure, very effective carpenter-like joints can be...
Gastronomy pavilion Uferpark West, Überlingen
...the dining area is also possible, inviting passing cyclists to rest. All outdoor terraces and entrance zones are shaded by a vertical green roof construction and horizontal awnings. This space-shaping structure, which adapts to the seasons, envelops the entire building...
Gutsbetrieb Rheinhof, Hohenems
...only a small number of steel elements. Threaded metal rods carry the tension loads; their slenderness contributes to the building’s light and airy appearance. | The central nave consists of pitched trusses, while the aisles are supported by simple beams....
City of Wood, Bad Aibling
...level, which is designed as a timber latch element or as a solid timber element, depending on requirements. Coupled with the support level is an insulating layer of box girders, which is completely filled with ecological insulation cellulose and in...
Gaudier Bzreska Vocational School, Orleans
...support / wind band pillars made of timber laminate. The Workshop Mixed structure of metal columns / beams of laminated timber/ concrete slabs. Reception Room Mixed structure of peripheral support posts made of laminated timber/ metal posts and central beams....
Kaufmann Holz AG – Factory Hall Au, Reuthe
...in large-sized panels, was the most suitable product for this purpose. The large format allows a high degree of prefabrication and thanks to the high strength qualities this plate could be used not only as a space-enclosing element, but also...
Provost Residence St Gerold - Riding Hall, St. Gerold
...the glass walls on the inside to provide support against the wind are similarly unpretentious, since they are almost invisible in back-lit conditions. Timber and steel are used to their maximum effect in this project, with clear architectural intentions. ...
Community Centre, Ludesch
...those that use conventional architecture methods. The two main methods for assessing an ecological footprint where used, and these are the global warming potential (GWP) and the acidification potential (AP). Additional sustainability assessments were also adopted for the project in...
3-fach Sporthalle, Kempten
A pillar construction as a place maker. The town of Kempten is considered the educational and administrative centre of the surrounding Allgäu region. A new triple sports hall, for up to 800 spectators, is to be built on the site...
Mayer, Weiler
...the afternoon sun, the basement made of exposed concrete can be read as the encasing of the embankment wall. The walls of the bedrooms and bathrooms above, which are in contact with the ground, are also solid, and the terraced...
TUM Friedrich N. Schwarz Research Station, Berchtesgaden
An alpine science station at altitude The Technical University of Munich chose a piece of forest at 1,262 meters above sea level over the national park town of Berchtesgaden as the building site for their research station. In order to...
Catholic Centre of Excellence, Salzburg-Herrnau
Creating social connection at the gateway to the monastery Commercial buildings, apartment blocks and single-family houses are lined up along the four-lane Alpenstrasse on the southern foothills of the city of Salzburg. Lined with dense green forest and agricultural areas,...
Olpererhütte, Zillertaler Alpen
...existing building and the foundations are concreted. The walls the make contact with the ground are also made of reinforced concrete, all other load-bearing components are prefabricated panels made of cross-laminated timber. In order to construct the projecting element, the...
Wildpark, Pforzheim
New main entrance The Wildpark Pforzheim integrates scenically with the natural traffic of visitors, scattered enclosures and utility buildings in the surrounding natural space. However, the structural situation of the main entrance, hidden inside the scattered forest development and...
TUM Center of Excellence, Garching
...office buildings. The clarity of the architectural structure, with its precise facade elements, made it possible to strengthen the design with colour. The interaction of the individual colour patches creates different spatial configurations that give the building a complex identity....
Naturhotel Chesa Valisa - Lounge/Reception, Hirschegg
...the hotel are interwoven in this essential heart of the hotel. The room wing in the west of the complex is connected to the main building. The generously designed entrance formulates a clear welcome and leads the visitor through a...
Residential building Hälin, Langen bei Bregenz
Challenges and potentials The village of Langen, near Bregenz stretches along the southern slope of the Pfänderstock mountain range. A high-quality residential complex is to be built on its eastern edge. The challenges, and also the potential of the building...
Nebelhornbahn Talstation - cable car station, Oberstdorf
...as a central contact point for the visitors. A reduction of the architecture to the pure function emphasises its importance as a direct interface between the local area and the alpine landscape. Depending on the direction of travel, the parabolic...
Cable Car Station, Nebelhornbahn, Oberstdorf - Kleinwalsertal
...as a central point of contact for visitors. Reducing the architecture to its pure function underlines its significance as a direct interface between the local area and the alpine landscape. A regular row of timber parabolas, encased in curved laminated...
Student Housing, Rosenheim
...of place is formed, the visitor is invited to enter and walk through the park-like courtyard. Student living is designed with dual principles. The individual rooms are oriented towards the outside to enable a concentrated learning environment. Since coexistence also...
Recycling Centre Vorderland, Sulz
...via four parallel axis. In the middle of the hall there are three massive concrete supports, which hold the two truss girders which are made of construction standard beech with steel supports at each end. Slender glulam beams made of...
Hotel Schmiedberger, St. Johann
The boutique Hotel Schmiedberger offers a great deal locally in St. Johann, in the centre of the district Kitzbühel, Tirol. Nestled in the massif of the Wilder Kaiser and the Kitzbüheler Horn, one can enjoy seclusion or companionship in various,...
Hauser, Hohentannen
Abundant space in a simple shell. A house for a movement therapist and a music teacher should be designed according to the individual needs of its residents. But in the newly developed area, a large number of planning parameters had...
Zerlauth, Frastanz
The antithesis of cubist architecture, open angular rooms under an abstract roof. Frastanz, in Austria, is home to a large number of international businesses. In contrast to the Bregenzerwald region, this area is firmly in the grip of a...
Sutterlüty, Hohenems
...the largest number of gimmicks imaginable. Sutterlüty’s new commercial centre in Hohnems was designed to be the antithesis of those ubiquitous, glaring, banal shaped boxes. »This shopping centre demonstrates that retail complexes do not have to be bland or impersonal.«...
Brock Commons Tallwood House, Vancouver
...recessed 3-layer plate. This creates a statically usable disk out of the individual plates. All horizontal forces (wind, earthquakes) are transmitted via steel bands from this disc into the concrete tower. The wooden supports take away the vertical loads and...
Haus mitanand - Ellenbogen, Bezau
...different levels. Accessibility is provided by the elevator. The central corridor is orientated with the existing building and enables a reduction in areas that require development. Another result is the attractive open situation of the residential units. On the ground...
Hotel Schwanen, Bizau
Renovations that increase a hotels appeal and suitability to the surroundings. The Hotel Schwanen was originally a traditional country inn, a lengthways building with integrated agricultural parts. This was completely remodelled in the 60s. What was left of the old...
Unterstein, Langenegg
...their expectations be met? These two residential buildings in Langenegg exemplify how quality and affordability can be combined to form an amalgamation of urban elegance and rural living. After a rural exodus that took place until the 1970s, life in...
Zünd assembly and logistics hall, Altstätten
...and, in combination with composite ceilings, form a very economical stiffening concept. The building envelope is exclusively made of timber-based materials and recycled materials, which guarantees optimal thermal insulation and maximum energy efficiency. For maximum electricity self-sufficiency, the roof is...
Children’s care centre, Kennelbach
...and it achieves optimum indoor air quality. The facades also have a timber theme, but they vary. The large windows are partially flush with the inside, with additional protection and a deep reveal; they can be used as a seat....
Agricultural school, Salzkammergut
...the facades and along the corridors, coverings are arranged. These form linear supports for the ceilings and collect the loads through the timber supports. The horizontal building restraint takes place through the formation of roof and ceiling panels. The vertical...
House of Sustainability, Ruggel
...the roof windows. Supporting structure The supporting structure is very simple like the building. Load-bearing walls and ceilings are made of solid timber elements. The elements are made of rough-sawn square timbers without glue (e.g dowel wood). The load transfer...
Caritas Head Office, Salzburg-Herrnau
...the fully glazed entrance area. The access to the main building is central. A second back entrance allows protected access to the social care offices. The central backbone of the office building includes all infrastructural facilities and can be subsequently...
Rectory, Krumbach
...Since then Krumbach has become a shining example of urban development and renewal. Recently, Hirschbühl welcomed the Austrian Federal President, who wanted to know how to create thriving village centres. »Krumbach in Vorarlberg has made an exemplary revitalisation of its...
Environmental Education Center Britzer Garten, Berlin
...made up of 9 x 4 meter elements. Due to the high level of prefabrication the installation could be done in a few months. The massive sections of the outer facade are covered with a fine, bright horizontal form made...
Interpark Focus - Jura, Röthis
...on the facades, together with steel columns inside the building, support the reinforced concrete ceilings, allowing for an open layout of the floor plan and therefore flexibility. In addition to cooling, the building was equipped with a controlled ventilation system....
Interpark Focus - Impulszentrum, Röthis
A tower visible from afar. A front square and facilities for communal use. The Impulszentrum, Interpark Focus is the new administration and architectural centre of an industrial area in Feldkirch-Röthis. The “Interpark Focus” is a group of enterprises clustered together...
Olpererhütte, Ginzling
...high altitude construction. In addition, the physical qualities of timber allow for direct and optimal ecological construction. The glue-laminated timber panels have both load-bearing and insulation properties. Extra insulation, because the hut is only open in the summer, was not...
Biomass Heating Plant, St. Christoph
...building are the warehouse and the boiler house. The supply of wood chips and disposal of the ash takes place via the south-facing gates. Construction The heating plant building is planned in solid construction. The support structure, exterior walls and...
Nürnbergkareal phase 1, Absam
Symbiosis on the sunny side. To design a cost-effective, innovative and sustainable residential project for multiple generations in which single people, families and older people feel all equally at home. This task was tackled by an interdisciplinary team of architects...
Lexengasse, Liefering
...space’s original use as a nursery. The residential buildings are built in hybrid construction. Due to the sound insulation quality of this type of construction system inherent and economical choices could be implemented. Prefabricated timber elements form the building envelope...
Kopf, Au
...dowelled studs. The panel-shaped structural elements are made of solid square timbers (6 x 10 cm) vertically arranged into panels. For environmental reasons, the square timbers are neither glued nor nailed, but jointed with diagonally offset hardwood pins. This method...
Bridge, Wetzlar
Creating accessible and beautifully functional bridges to support regional prosperity. For the occasion of the Hessentag 2012 (a large festival and fair), the city of Wetzlar gave the order to replace the old wooden bridge system. During the Hessentag...
Mathis, Dafins
Life on a timber plateau, under a timber roof – floating without visible support: a glazed “Cella” with a “Peristyle” of covered terraces. »It is the most important step in bringing old and new into a dialogue. It is almost...
Dorner Electronic, Egg
...90 employees. Thanks to the company’s consistent support and provision of software and hardware solutions, today it is global market leader in its sector. The original plant was designed by Leopold Kaufmann in 1977 and he was also responsible for...
Untere Aue, Lustenau
Vogewosi facility in Lustenau, an ecological and accessible residential building. This project is three residential buildings located in the residential area Hasenfeld am Grindelkanal, in Lustenau. The three-storey buildings, each with 16 disabled-friendly apartments, are constructed of solid ceilings and...
Changing Room - Pavilion, Lahti
...of a saw blade. Vertical windows are lined between the pillars, which form curving walls on a 360 mm steel base, cast inside a 200 mm concrete slab. The pillars support two radial frames of laminate beams that are slotted...
Ingeborg-Ortner-Children´s Home, Garching
...spaces. Inside the building the colours of the natural building material are dominant, and where needed an additional palate of accent colours have been added to create ambience and differentiation between areas. »The result is high quality architectural work, the...
Security Center, Bezau
...in the centre of the town and to simultaneously support the needs of the local community with additional underground parking facilities in the town centre. »It was not just about meeting the needs of the town residence and the security...
Wagner GmbH, Nüziders
...with the freedom of design.« DI Christoph Dünser The annex in Nüziders combines spacious rooms with an efficient construction and individual extension by using the LCT modular system. The novel combination of prefabricated timber girders and concrete slabs solves the...
Bus Stop, Krumbach
...also multi-layered, high pressure laminate, with five layers. The timber structure is supported on a reinforced concrete base. Both roof and wall elements were delivered as complete prefabricated elements to the construction site and installed. The structural strength of the...
Hirschau-Unterdorf, Schnepfau
...method. Steel pillars support the basic structure made of concrete, the inner walls are joined using dry construction. Based on the regional tradition of timber construction, the highly insulated timber elements of the outer shell were clad with shingle. This...
Im Haag, Lauterach
High-quality and unobservable retreat areas increase living quality. A large building plot was reconfigured, due to the demolition of a centrally placed house, allowing two duplex units to be built. The elongated main structure, with its exact southern orientation...
Raiffeisenbank, Egg
...say ‘grand’, ‘incredible’ and ‘ingenious’. This definitely applies to the bank in Egg.« Best of Austria 2010/2011 The plan is to build a 4-storey, fully timber-framed bank with a total floor space of more than 1,400 m². The individual storeys...
Nürnbergkareal phase 2, Absam
...ventilation for heat recovery and connected to the existing central heating system. »The project development of this residential complex was extremely demanding, since a research project supported by the university had to be implemented in the financial restrictions of housing...